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Some albums can be downloaded free. Discography: Elements of One, Weaving Symbolics, Lucidarium, Invisible Paths, Tao of Mad Phat, Way of the Cipher, Def Trance Beat, Rhythm in Mind, Sonic Language of Myth, and more...

St. Germain is the stage name of Ludovic Navarre, a French musician whose style merges jazzy house music with acid jazz. Bob Marley, Toots and The Maytals, Miles Davis and Kool & The Gang are among Ludovic's early influences.

Listen to Keith Jarrett - part I for free: Keith Jarrett, jazz pianist, performing his in the winter of 1975. Entrancing, deeply meditative, otherworldly solo piano. " />blip, free streaming mp3, listen to song, permalink, song archive, dj

St. Germain is the stage name of Ludovic Navarre, a French musician whose style merges jazzy house music with acid jazz. Bob Marley, Toots and The Maytals, Miles Davis and Kool & The Gang are among Ludovic's early influences.

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Sharhabeel launched a new genre of Sudanese song, melding jazz vocals with a big band sound, and Sharhabeel and his band became Khartoum's most sought after ensemble. It was a popularity that mushroomed. His synthesiser-driven renditions of traditional songs brought further success and recognition. "It is ironic," he muses, "that in the 21st century, there is not a single recording studio in Sudan," in contrast to the exuberance & optimisim of the 1950s, after Sudan's 1956 independence from Britain. The pentatonic scale of Sudanese music contrasts sharply with the septatonic scale of Arabic music.

Dave Douglas - Trumpet, Adam Benjamin - Rhodes, Gene Lake - Drums. Marcus Strickland - Saxophones, Brad Joes - Bass, DJ Olive - Turntables. Moonshine, the newest album from trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas' Grammy-nominated band Keystone, is an album that moves musical genres forward into uncharted territory. The evolutionary/revolutionary aspect is found in the vibrant alchemy between Douglas' avant-garde leaning compositions, the relentless, polyrhythmic funk of drummer Gene Lake and bassist Brad Jones, the Sun-Ra-esque sonics of Adam Benjamin who plays a highly modulated Fender Rhodes and the post-post blowing of the front line featuring Douglas and saxophonist Marcus Strickland. But what puts this one over the top is the true integration of a DJ, in this case DJ Olive, into the constantly shifting improvisations of a cutting edge band. Rolling Stone called Keystone's 2005's self titled album, "a modernist requiem." Moonshine takes it a step further: a modernist recipe for the future sound of electronics, jazz, and new composition. "I think of it as Green Beat," says Douglas with a grin, referring to the organic way that the rhythms of vinyl, laptop, and drum set coalesce in this infectious, grooving new album. One forgets all the elements that go into this hybrid music, as each piece amounts to a masterpiece of modern jazz-informed composition and performance. There are many details buried in these tracks, and perhaps the most remarkable thing is that the basis for this recording was a single performance in front of a live studio audience. The state-of-the-art mutli-track recording of this session makes possible a hybrid of the best parts of studio isolation and live excitement. It allowed Greenleaf Music to raise to the highest level the post-production of these recordings.

"Fuzzy shoegaze,dreamy noise,trash,amps,jazz & roll."